You want to understand what Israel could have done differently? Fine. Commit to using only SDBs in populated areas. Clear potential Hamas strongholds with Infantry instead of bombs. Maybe don't post videos of your troops desecrating and destroying Mosques. Maybe don't have generals and cabinet level officials advocating ethnic cleansing …
You want to understand what Israel could have done differently? Fine. Commit to using only SDBs in populated areas. Clear potential Hamas strongholds with Infantry instead of bombs. Maybe don't post videos of your troops desecrating and destroying Mosques. Maybe don't have generals and cabinet level officials advocating ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
Israel could have committed to a long term campaign of assassination and targeted strikes, but instead decided on wholesale slaughter. Israel could have acknowledged it's role in tacitly suppoetimg Hamas to undermine the PA. Joe's analysis of the whole situation is clown shoes, and reeks of starting from the conclusion and working your way back. The blinders here are absolutely wild, and it really bugs me that the Bulwark seems to have committed to the position that tens of thousands of Palestinian deaths just had to happen. It's gross.
Oh, and you want to know why the Biden Admin started talking about this stuff publicly? It's because they communicated it privately, and the Israelis gave us the finger. So at this point? Fuck 'em.
You want to understand what Israel could have done differently? Fine. Commit to using only SDBs in populated areas. Clear potential Hamas strongholds with Infantry instead of bombs. Maybe don't post videos of your troops desecrating and destroying Mosques. Maybe don't have generals and cabinet level officials advocating ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
Israel could have committed to a long term campaign of assassination and targeted strikes, but instead decided on wholesale slaughter. Israel could have acknowledged it's role in tacitly suppoetimg Hamas to undermine the PA. Joe's analysis of the whole situation is clown shoes, and reeks of starting from the conclusion and working your way back. The blinders here are absolutely wild, and it really bugs me that the Bulwark seems to have committed to the position that tens of thousands of Palestinian deaths just had to happen. It's gross.
Oh, and you want to know why the Biden Admin started talking about this stuff publicly? It's because they communicated it privately, and the Israelis gave us the finger. So at this point? Fuck 'em.